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Trump praises Baltic leaders, criticises Germany, on Nato

"Getting along with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing", US president Donald Trump said after meeting the three Baltic state presidents in Washington on Tuesday. Trump praised the Baltic countries for "meeting their defence spending obligations this year for Nato, unlike some of the other countries", criticising Germany for not paying its share to Nato while "paying billions of dollars for energy into Russia".

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Sometimes in chess, a sacrifice brings victory. Theresa May should pay heed to the example of Slovakia's premier, Iveta Radicova, who sacrificed her job in order to get difficult euro bailout legislation through the Bratislava parliament.

The EU commission is giving more time to the Swiss government to endorse a deal that would put various sectorial agreements to access the single market under one deal. Nevertheless, after Brexit, the EU has had enough of exceptions.